that a helmet-shaped UFO grabbed an automobile out of mid-morning Buenos Aires traffic on August 6, literally levitating the vehicle into its otherworldly depths through the power of a "blue beam of light" focused on the car.
After stealing the car, the object then sped away from the scene.
According to Argentine police sergeant Francisco Perez, quoted by the News as an eyewitness, the car contained a man, a woman and three small children.
Although Perez told the News that the authorities "are refusing to officially discuss the case … to avoid panic," the supermarket weekly ran a large photograph of the abduction allegedly taken by the policeman and credited "courtesy of Buenos Aires police dept."
The News said the police had not yet managed to identify the victims.
Nathan McCutcheon, identified by the tabloid as a "renowned American UFO expert," warned that the event shows that "for some reason the aliens are now becoming bolder." He warned that similar "UFO carjackings" could spread to the United States by the end of 1999.
Despite a cursory search, no reference to McCutcheon in the UFO literature could be immediately found, so his other thoughts on abduction phenomena remain unknown.
In any case, while motorists have risked roadside abductions for decades -- at least since Betty and Barney Hill's interrupted journey of 1961 -- few such outright "carjackings" have been reported in broad daylight. If the case can be verified, it would indeed indicate that UFOs have grown more aggressive yet again in their relationship with humanity.
Prior to the Hill case, few incidents involving outright abduction were reported. Even accounts of alien landings were relatively uncommon.
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